A hadronic calorimeter based on resistive micropattern gaseous detectors

Lisa Generoso; Maria Grazia Alviggi; Michele Bianco; Maryna Borysova; Michela Biglietti; Marco Buonsante; Maria Teresa Camerlingo; Anna Colaleo; Massimo Della Pietra; Roberto Di Nardo; Karl Flöthner; Paolo Iengo; Mauro Iodice; Luigi Longo; Marcello Maggi; Luca Moleri; Eraldo Oliveri; Antonello Pellecchia; Raffaella Radogna; Lucian Scharenberg; Givi Sekhniaidze; Federica Maria Simone; Anna Stamerra; Piet Verwilligen; Rosamaria Venditti; Darina Zavazieva; Angela Zaza

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2025.170741

A hadronic calorimeter based on resistive micropattern gaseous detectors

Lisa Generoso^*, Maria Grazia Alviggi, Michele Bianco, Maryna Borysova, Michela Biglietti, Marco Buonsante, Maria Teresa Camerlingo, Anna Colaleo, Massimo Della Pietra, Roberto Di Nardo, Karl Flöthner, Paolo Iengo, Mauro Iodice, Luigi Longo, Marcello Maggi, Luca Moleri, Eraldo Oliveri, Antonello Pellecchia, Raffaella Radogna, Lucian ScharenbergGivi Sekhniaidze, Federica Maria Simone, Anna Stamerra, Piet Verwilligen, Rosamaria Venditti, Darina Zavazieva, Angela Zaza

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Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics

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Abstract

Experiments at future Higgs factories will require excellent energy resolution to discriminate hadronic decays of W/Z and H bosons effectively. To meet this target, calorimeters must feature fine-granularity readouts, essential for implementing the Particle Flow Algorithm (PFA). In this context, an innovative hadronic calorimeter (HCAL) design has been explored, employing resistive Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGDs) as active layers. These technologies provide excellent spatial and time resolution, high radiation hardness, and fine-granularity readout, making them ideal for future circular collider experiments optimized for the PFA. This contribution summarizes the results of performance studies conducted on an MPGD-based HCAL standalone Geant4 simulations and benchmarked within the full Muon Collider simulation framework. Results of characterization tests performed with muon beams at the SPS on resistive MPGDs, focusing on efficiency and response uniformity, are also presented. Additionally, the energy response of an HCAL cell prototype is discussed based on beam tests at the PS with pions up to 10 GeV.

Original language	English
Article number	170741
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	1080
Early online date	10 Jul 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.170741
Publication status	Published - Nov 2025

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The author acknowledges the support under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.1, Call for tender No. 104 published on 2.2.2022 by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU– Project Title: CALORHINO – CUP 53D23000990006-CALORHINO - Grant Assignment Decree No. 974 adopted on 30/06/2023 by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR).

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Generoso, L., Alviggi, M. G., Bianco, M., Borysova, M., Biglietti, M., Buonsante, M., Camerlingo, M. T., Colaleo, A., Della Pietra, M., Di Nardo, R., Flöthner, K., Iengo, P., Iodice, M., Longo, L., Maggi, M., Moleri, L., Oliveri, E., Pellecchia, A., Radogna, R., ... Zaza, A. (2025). A hadronic calorimeter based on resistive micropattern gaseous detectors. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1080, Article 170741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.170741

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